The St. Louis Cardinals (74-75) hope to avoid their fourth straight defeat when they host the Pittsburgh Pirates (71-78) Monday at 7:45 p.m. ET on SportsNet PT. The Pirates are listed as -133 favorites, while the Cardinals are +112 underdogs as they try to snap their losing skid.
Paul Skenes will get the ball for Pittsburgh while St. Louis will counter with Andre Pallante.
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Pirates and Cardinals Betting Trends
The Pirates have won 56.7% of the games this season when they were the moneyline favorite (34-26).
Pittsburgh has a 16-14 record (winning 53.3% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -133 or shorter.
This season, the Cardinals have won 38 out of the 78 games, or 48.7%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
St. Louis has a record of 13-24 in games where sportsbooks have it as underdogs of at least +112 on the moneyline.
In the 149 games in which oddsmakers have set an over/under for the Pirates, they have combined with opponents to go over the total 73 times (73-74-2).
The Cardinals and their opponents have hit the over in 70 of their 148 games with a total this season.
Pirates Stats & Insights
The Pirates rank 21st in runs scored with 627, 4.2 per game.
Pittsburgh is fifth-worst in MLB action with 144 home runs.
The Pirates rank 23rd in MLB with a .236 batting average.
Pittsburgh’s 9.2 strikeouts per game rank 25th in the majors.
The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Pirates pitching staff ranks 17th in the majors.
Pittsburgh has a 4.13 team ERA that ranks 19th across all MLB pitching staffs.
Cardinals Stats & Insights
The Cardinals have scored 607 runs (4.1 per game) this season, which ranks 25th in MLB.
St. Louis’ 153 home runs rank 24th in Major League Baseball.
The Cardinals rank 13th in MLB with a .246 team batting average.
St. Louis ranks 11th in MLB in strikeouts per game with an average of 8.1 Ks per contest.
The Cardinals have an 8.2 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 26th in baseball.
St. Louis pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.12 ERA this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
Pirates Key Players to Watch
Skenes (10-2) takes the mound for the Pirates in his 21st start of the season. He’s put together a 2.10 ERA in 120 2/3 innings pitched, with 151 strikeouts.
Bryan Reynolds leads Pittsburgh in batting average (.282), home runs (22) and runs batted in (85) this season.
Oneil Cruz is batting .268 with an OBP of .326 and a slugging percentage of .459 this season.
Andrew McCutchen has 99 hits this season and a slash line of .237/.337/.426.
Isiah Kiner-Falefa has 114 hits and an OBP of .313 to go with a slugging percentage of .379 this season.
Cardinals Key Players to Watch
The Cardinals will hand the ball to Pallante (6-8) for his 18th start of the season.
Alec Burleson leads the Cardinals with 21 home runs and 73 runs batted in.
Brendan Donovan is batting .270 with 30 doubles, two triples, 12 home runs and 42 walks.
Nolan Arenado is batting .265 with 21 doubles, 16 home runs and 41 walks.
Masyn Winn has a club-leading .271 batting average.
Pirates and Cardinals Injuries
Pirates: Ke’Bryan Hayes: 10 Day IL (Herniated disc), Henry Davis: 10 Day IL (Hand), Ben Heller: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Marco Gonzales: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Daulton Jefferies: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Dauri Moreta: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Hunter Stratton: 60 Day IL (Patella), Johan Oviedo: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Endy Rodriguez: 60 Day IL (Elbow)
Cardinals: Willson Contreras: 10 Day IL (Finger), Drew Rom: 60 Day IL (Biceps), Keynan Middleton: 60 Day IL (Forearm)
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